New Zealand Fungi

DSC_2481 Native scarlet pouch (Leratiomyces erythrocephalus) brightly coloured pouch fungi can be found in litter in broadleaf-conifer forests in autumn. They can sometimes be difficult to tell apart from the fallen fruit of miro, and supplejack, and indeed it seems likely that these small red fungi are mistaken for fruit, and so are dispersed by forest birds. Mount Cargill *